Huey: you have missed the point of the Smuckers slogan. Because the name is so unappealing, the actual product has to be good enough to overcome it. And since it’s still being sold, despite the name, clearly the product really is all that. It’s a nifty bit of marketing judo.

anyone know why the hell some little creek out in the wastelands between Mordor and Gondor would be called the “forbidden pool”? Why the penalty for entering said pool would be death? and just how “good” is any character who would enforce such a brutal and arbitrary rule?

also, if its so damn special, maybe you should put some signs around it saying “do not enter. death” or something. lastly, how bout just putting up a chain link fence or something?

a. lee carter & Matthew in Austin.
I was introduced to dubstep a couple of years ago by my daughter. It was like somone dumped a fizz bomb in my brain – I was practically bouncing off the ceiling. I’ve done lots of type of dance, but I could not figure out how to move to it. Thanks for the samples!

Put me in the “I can’t figure out what all the rage is with dubstep” camp. And I like some pretty crazy abstract/experimental electronica work by artists such as Autechre, Future Sound of London, and Richard Devine. Not that I completely hate dubstep, but overall most of it just annoys me.

This video sparked a debate between my girlfriend and myself: she thinks this would this be “nerd step” while I lean towards “dork step.” Now if we can just get a. lee carter out on tour with MC Frontalot, I will be a happy, happy man.

Why is there such a backlash to dubstep? Personally I like the sound. I won’t be listening to an entire album of it any time soon, but it is fun to have in the mix.
Maybe I spent too much time drunk and missed that whole phase where radio beat it to death on the air?

So, I stop by Whatever every day. But I also came to watch this straight from FARK. I already knew about the tweet. Does the hello still apply to me? Because there is an implied lack of hello to the regular readers of Whatever.